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Montclair township, Essex County, NJ

39,873 Population
6.2 square miles 6,392 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$94,035 ±$4,995 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in Essex County: $48,021 ±$762
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$166,765 ±$12,765 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Essex County: $76,712 ±$1,583
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

6.4% ±1.7% (2,519  ±682) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Essex County: 15% 125,419 (±0.6% / ±5,302)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

36 minutes ±1.3 (503,155  ±37,103) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Essex County: 34 11,591,380 (±0.4 / ±199,684)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

15,118 ±475 Number of households
  • Essex County: 317,473 ±1,127
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.6 ±0.1 (39,427  ±52) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Essex County: 2.6 832,848 (±0 / ±509)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

4% ±1.3% (381  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Essex County: 5.2% 10,968 (±0.5% / ±950)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

16,053 ±511 Number of housing units
  • Essex County: 335,550 ±293
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$850,700 ±$30,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Essex County: $494,400 ±$6,316
  • about double the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

13.9% ±2.3% (5,507  ±922.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Essex County: 10.8% 91,445 (±0.6% / ±4,756.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

97.1% ±3.6% (26,146  ±1,124) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Essex County: 86.8% 499,938 (±1% / ±5,671.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
72.4% ±2.9% (19,493  ±891.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Essex County: 37.9% 218,230 (±0.6% / ±3,436.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.4% ±1.8% (5,358  ±707) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Essex County: 29.3% 250,406
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.4% ±0.6% (711  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Essex County: 2.7% 17,386 (±0.2% / ±1,107)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
711 Total veterans ±170 648 Male ±164 63 Female ±49

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